502 results about "Interconnector" patented technology

The invention provides an elongated lighting apparatus that can withstand temperature fluctuations. The elongated lighting apparatus comprises of the following elements: at least two elongated tubular members fabricated from translucent material. These elongated tubular members are fixed in an end-to-end configuration, separated by a region enabling for thermal expansion / contraction of the members. A substrate upon which a plurality of light emitting devices is placed, is slidably positioned inside each tubular member. End caps seal the open ends of the elongated tubular members. At least one of these end caps has a translucent protrusion that projects towards the region of separation. At least one light emitting device is positioned proximate to an end cap protrusion, thereby illuminating this region. A flexible interconnector encloses and visually conceals separating the adjacent members. The light emitting devices are electrically interconnected. An external power source provides a system to energize the light sources.

A modular stent comprises at least one stent module including an intermediate segment consisting of one of either a closed-cell segment or a Z-segment and a pair of end segments connected to respective longitudinal ends of said intermediate segment, each end segment consisting of the other of said closed-cell segment or Z-segment, each closed-cell segment consisting solely of at least one annular closed-cell ring and each Z-segment consisting solely of at least one annular Z-ring. A method of manufacturing a stent form a small diameter tube includes laser-cutting the small diameter tube to define a plurality of longitudinally adjacent Z-rings, providing interconnector portions of said tube integrally joining facing aligned or offset Z-rings, expanding the small diameter tube, and removing predetermined interconnector portions from the expanded tube to provide the predetermined desired arrangement of interconnected closed-cell rings and Z-rings.

An electric vehicle is provided. The electric vehicle includes an electric battery powering a drive system of the vehicle. The battery has a housing and a plurality of cells within the housing. The cells are spaced apart by interconnectors. The electric vehicle also includes a coolant delivery. The coolant delivery delivers coolant to the interconnectors. An electric battery is also provided.

A modular system is described for construction of fluid applicators for open or endoscopic surgery from modular components. Lengths of tubing of various lengths, and devices to be carried by said tubing, are pre-fitted with standard adapters to mate with each other, thereby forming cannula sections and applicator sections. Interconnectors may also be provided, particularly for provision of articulation. The tubing is preferably rigid, but may also be either flexible or permanently bendable. A device can then be constructed by selection of a suitable set of tubing lengths, adapters and applicators. Devices customizable for particular uses can be created with minimal expense. The system is especially suitable for delivery of fluids to tissue in endoscopic or other minimally invasive surgical procedures. Delivery of fluids forming structure at a tissue site, especially as a hydrogel, is a preferred use of the devices.

The present invention provides an elongated lighting apparatus for use in environments subject to temperature fluctuations, wherein the lighting apparatus can be illuminated along its entire length during operation. The elongated lighting apparatus comprises several components which operate in harmony in order to provide this functionality. The lighting apparatus comprises at least two elongated tubular members fabricated from a material that allows the passage of light therethrough. These elongated tubular members are fixedly mounted on a surface in an end to end configuration, separated by a region enabling the thermal expansion / contraction of the members. Slidably positioned inside each tubular member is a substrate having a plurality of light emitting devices integrated thereon for providing illumination. The open ends of the elongated tubular members are enclosed by end caps that enable the sealing of these ends of the members. At least one of these end caps has a protrusion therein that projects towards the region of separation and this protrusion is fabricated from a material that allows the passage of light therethrough. Positioned proximate to a protrusion in an end cap is at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices, wherein this protrusion provides a means for light diffusion into the region separating the elongated tubular members, thereby illuminating this region. Enclosing the region between the elongated tubular members is a flexible interconnector also fabricated from a material that allows the passage of light therethrough. The flexible interconnector provides a means for the visual concealment of the region separating the adjacent members. The lighting apparatus further comprises electrical interconnection between the light emitting devices and an external power source thereby providing a system for the energization of the light sources.

A solid oxide fuel cell interconnector having a superalloy metallic layer with an anode-facing face and a cathode-facing face and metal layer on the anode-facing face of the superalloy metallic layer. The metal layer is a metal which does not oxidize in a fuel atmosphere, preferably nickel or copper.

There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a substrate with an internal fuel flow part provided therein, at least a face thereof, in contact with cells, and interconnectors, being an insulator, a plurality of the cells each comprised of an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, stacked in sequence, formed on a surface of the substrate, and the interconnectors each electrically connecting in series the cells adjacent to each other, wherein the respective cells are varied in area along the direction of fuel flow, and solid oxide fuel cell bundled modules using the same. With the solid oxide fuel cell module of a multi-segment type, according to the invention, it is possible to aim at higher voltage, and to attain improvement in power generation efficiency, and current collecting efficiency.

There is provided a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a plurality of cells each made up of a fuel electrode, an electrolyte, and an air electrode sequentially formed on a surface of a substrate with an internal fuel flow part provided therein, at least a face of the substrate, in contact with the cells, and interconnectors, being an insulator, and the cells adjacent to each other, being electrically connected in series through the intermediary of the respective interconnectors, said method of manufacturing the solid oxide fuel cell module comprising the steps of co-sintering the respective fuel electrodes, and the respective electrolytes, subsequently forming a dense interconnector out of a dense interconnector material, or an interconnector material turning dense by sintering in at least parts of the solid oxide fuel cell module, in contact with the respective fuel electrodes, and the respective electrolyte, and forming an air electrode on the respective electrolytes before electrically connecting the air electrode with the respective dense interconnectors. With the invention, it is possible to solve various problems of sinterability, encountered in the process of manufacturing the solid oxide fuel cell module of a multi-segment type, and to secure electrical contact of the parts of the respective dense interconnectors, in contact with the fuel electrodes while attaining high gas-sealing performance by the agency of the respective dense interconnectors, and electrolytes, thereby enhancing productivity.

A modular stent comprises at least one stent module including an intermediate segment consisting of one of either a closed-cell segment or a Z-segment and a pair of end segments connected to respective longitudinal ends of said intermediate segment, each end segment consisting of the other of said closed-cell segment or Z-segment, each closed-cell segment consisting solely of at least one annular closed-cell ring and each Z-segment consisting solely of at least one annular Z-ring. A method of manufacturing a stent form a small diameter tube includes laser-cutting the small diameter tube to define a plurality of longitudinally adjacent Z-rings, providing interconnector portions of said tube integrally joining facing aligned or offset Z-rings, expanding the small diameter tube, and removing predetermined interconnector portions from the expanded tube to provide the predetermined desired arrangement of interconnected closed-cell rings and Z-rings.

A modular lighting system has first, second and third lighting fixtures adapted for end-to-end electrical interconnection. The lighting fixtures are mounted to a support structure in a closely abutting relationship with the longitudinal axes thereof in alignment. First and second electrical inter-connector are removably connected to the first and second lighting fixtures and the second and third lighting fixtures, respectively. The first and second electrical inter-connectors are connectable and disconnectable from a top of the lighting fixtures without dismounting the lighting fixtures, and the second lighting fixture intermediate the other two lighting fixtures being dismountable from the support structure without dismounting the other two lighting fixture by removing the first and second electrical inter-connectors from the top of the lighting fixtures.

An angled compliant pin connector is provided, comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of press fit pins. Each said pin includes a first leg and a second leg, the legs joining to define a V-shape. One or both such legs may define an aperture therethrough, the apertures at least partially bounded by resilient walls. The press fit pins are carried by the insulative housing side-by-side generally parallel one to another, the first legs of the pins projecting from the insulative housing to provide a first attachment bed for connection to a first printed circuit board, the second legs of the pins projecting from the insulative housing to provide a second attachment bed for connection to a second printed circuit board, the two circuit boards residing in intersecting planes. The insulative housing may also include one or more mounting arms for bracing of a printed circuit board, and the mounting arms also may carry press fit pins for attachment to such printed circuit boards.

The invention discloses a solar cell, a screen printing plate and a solar cell module thereof, belonging to the technical field of photovoltaics. The solar cell of the invention comprises a cell substrate and an electrode, wherein the electrode is arranged on the substrate; the electrode comprises a main grid line; the construction of the line area of the main grid line is in a structure comprising at least one thin grid line to reduce the contact area between the main grid line and the substrate; the screen pringting plate provided by the invention is used for manufacturing the electrode of the solar cell of the invention by screen printing; and meshes for composing and forming the main grid line of the electrode are arranged on the screen printing plate. The solar cell module provided by the invention comprises a plurality of the solar cells provided by the invention. The solar cell and the solar cell module have low cost, and because the compound area between the metal electrode and the silicon in the cell structure is reduced, the conversion efficiency is improved, the output power of the module is increased, and in addition, the reliability after an interconnector is welded with a cell plate is good.

Provided are a photoelectric conversion element and an interconnector-equipped photoelectric conversion element, the photoelectric conversion element including: a photoelectric conversion layer having at least one pn junction; a first electrode pad provided on a surface of the photoelectric conversion layer; a second electrode pad provided on a surface different from the surface of the photoelectric conversion layer on which the first electrode pad is provided; and a third electrode provided on a surface of the photoelectric conversion layer opposite to the surface on which the second electrode pad is provided, wherein at least one of surface shapes of the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad is a polygon in which any internal angle is an obtuse angle or a shape having no corner.

The invention provides a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device comprises a first base material possessing a first inner connection structure and a second base material possessing a second inner connection structure. The first inner connection structure is in connection with the second inner connection structure, and a first width of the first inner connection structure is different fro that of the second inner connection structure. The invention provides a lug structure used foe connecting one base material with another one. A conductive cylinder is formed on the first base material such that the conductive cylinder has a different width from the that of a contact surface of the second base material. In one embodiment, the conductive cylinder of the first base material is a trapezoid or taper side wall, and thereby providing a conductive cylinder, the top of which is wider the the bottom. The base materials can be integrated circuit chips, pinboards, printed circuit boards, high density interconnectors and etc. The invention can reduce the delamination caused by Junction stress.

Devices, apparatus, systems, and methods of installing LED (light emitting diodes) for glass tiles and glass blocks. The LEDs can be housed in flexible strips having flexible bendable transparent housing sleeves with ends that can interconnect by male and female ends to one another with various types of interconnectors. Each separate sleeve can house up to 33 LEDs in a transparent plastic sleeve. A transparent connector sleeve can be slid over the interconnected ends and heat shrunk in place. The glass tiles can be laid out to uniform joints spacings between the glass tiles of approximately 3 / 16 of an inch. The LED strips can be placed on a surface layer of transparent grout that has been laid in the joint spacing, followed by a top layer of transparent grout. The transparent grout can be removable grout and include clear Silicon. The LED strips can have peel and stick back layers with adhesive backing that allows mounting to the lower surface. The LED strips can be placed with glass tiles, and other types of tiles such as but not limited to ceramic tiles, stone tiles and the like, as well as with glass blocks. Splitter(s) can be used to run parallel runs of LED strips at different spaced apart locations.

A solar cell module comprises a light receiving structure with a substantially transparent front cover and a plurality of active elements placed behind the said front cover. At least one interconnector is situated between adjacent active elements, the interconnectors having a reflective structure facing towards said front cover.

An interconnect device is used to mate a heat generating device to a power source. Plated components are provided on the interconnect device to provide a heat sink function for the heat generating device when the heat generating device is connected to the interconnect device, and to provide an electrical path between the heat generating device and the power source. A method of manufacturing same is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional semiconductor packaging using an interposer. The invention provides a semiconductor device and a producing method thereof. The semiconductor device comprises a first chip whose first side is electrically coupled to the interposer and a second chip whose second side is electrically coupled to the interposer. The interposer is electrically coupled to a below substrate, such as a packaging substrate, a high-density interconnector, a printed circuit board and so on. The substrate is provided with a recess, making a second chip being disposed in the recess. The recess allows using quite a small conductive bump, thereby quite a large amount of conductive bumps can be used. A radiating fin can be placed in the recess to assist the second chip to dissipate heat.

A solar cell has phosphorus included in a lead-free solder layer that covers silver electrodes. The amount of phosphorus in the lead-free solder is preferably 0.00001 to 0.5 mass %. The silver electrodes are silver paste electrodes formed by firing silver paste. A solar cell string interconnects such solar cells with an interconnector coated with the lead-free solder. A solar cell module incorporates such a string. Thus, a solar cell of high reliability, improved in wettability of lead-free solder, exhibiting thin coating of an electrode by lead-free solder, suppressed in detachment of interconnector a solar cell string, or a solar cell module can be provided.

A solar cell module having a solar cell panel with strings of electrically-coupled solar cells arranged in a row includes one or more lead wires that electrically couple the strings and a junction box. The one or more lead wires are arranged such that they do not overlap with each other and such that one or more of the lead wires includes a portion that overlaps and does not electrically connect to interconnector of a string. The lead wires include an interconnector connection part connected to a respective string interconnector, and the interconnector connection parts of the lead wires are arranged in a straight line.

There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a substrate with an internal fuel flow part provided therein, at least a face thereof, in contact with cells, and interconnectors, being an insulator, a plurality of the cells each made of an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, stacked in sequence, formed on a surface of the substrate, and the interconnectors each electrically connecting in series the cells adjacent to each other, wherein the respective cells are varied in area along the direction of fuel flow, and solid oxide fuel cell bundled modules using the same. With the solid oxide fuel cell module of a multi-segment type, according to the invention, it is possible to aim at higher voltage and to attain an improvement in power generation efficiency and current collecting efficiency.

An electric vehicle is provided. The electric vehicle includes an electric battery powering a drive system of the vehicle. The battery has a housing and a plurality of cells within the housing. The cells are spaced apart by interconnectors. The electric vehicle also includes a coolant delivery. The coolant delivery delivers coolant to the interconnectors. An electric battery is also provided.

System and method for interconnecting photovoltaic modules. The system includes a first photovoltaic module and a second photovoltaic module. The first photovoltaic module includes a first bus bar and a first interconnect tab connected to the first bus bar. The second photovoltaic module includes a second bus bar and a second interconnect tab connected to the second bus bar. The system for interconnecting photovoltaic modules additionally includes a module interconnector configured to interconnect the first and the second photovoltaic modules. The module interconnector includes an interconnection component and an interconnection protector. Additionally, the system for interconnecting photovoltaic modules includes a first connection component connecting the interconnection component to the first interconnect tab of the first photovoltaic module and a second connection component connecting the interconnection component to the second interconnect tab of the second photovoltaic module.

A solar cell module is discussed. The solar cell module includes a junction box, a solar cell panel including a plurality of strings of solar cells, each string including a plurality of solar cells that are arranged in a row and are electrically connected to one another, an interconnector for electrically connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of solar cells to one another belonging to at least one of the plurality of strings, a first adhesive member positioned between an electrode part of one of the adjacent solar cells and the interconnector, a lead wire for electrically connecting one end of the interconnector to the junction box, and a second adhesive member positioned between the interconnector and the lead wire. At least one of the interconnector and the lead wire is formed of a lead-free material containing an amount of lead equal to or less than 1,000 ppm.

The present invention provides an electrolyte membrane of a solid oxide fuel cell that excels in output performance. There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell comprising a single cell having an air electrode disposed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane and a fuel electrode disposed on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane, and an interconnector having a role of electrical connection; wherein the electrolyte membrane is provided with a first layer composed of a material having an oxygen-ionic conductivity of S1 on the air-electrode side, and a second layer composed of a material containing at least zirconia and having an oxygen-ionic conductivity of S2 on the fuel-electrode side; and wherein the oxygen-ionic conductivity of S1 on the air-electrode side and the oxygen-ionic conductivity of S2 on the fuel electrode side have a relationship of S1>S2.

An inter-connector interposed between two serially connected unit cells provides mechanical strength and conductivity to the serial connection between the unit cells. Embodiments of the inter-connector comprise a supporting frame providing mechanical support for the two unit cells; a welding projection for welding the interconnector to a unit cell; and a welding projection surrounding area located between the welding projection and the supporting frame, wherein the supporting frame is thicker than the welding projection surrounding area, and the welding projection is thicker than the welding projection surrounding area.

An interconnector includes an extending portion extending in one direction and a connection portion fixed to an n electrode or a p electrode formed on a cell substrate of a photoelectric conversion element for connection to this electrode. The connection portion is formed in a comb shape so as to protrude from the extending portion in a direction substantially orthogonal to the one direction. Though the extending portion is in contact with the cell substrate, it is not fixed to the cell substrate. By not fixing the extending portion to the cell substrate, stress involved with heat shrinkage can be released and a degree of freedom in arrangement of the n electrode and the p electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion element can be enhanced.

A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a bottom package including a first device over a first substrate and a second substrate over the first device; forming an encapsulation material over the bottom package with an opening over the second substrate; and forming a conductive post within the opening.

An interconnector includes a strip-shaped and electrically conductive member electrically connecting respective electrodes of adjacent solar cells, the conductive member includes a plurality of planar stress relief parts and the stress relief parts are formed at equal pitches. With this structure, a stress due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the interconnector and the solar cell is uniformly alleviated, so that the warp occurring to the solar cell is reduced and the reliability of the connection between the interconnector and the solar cell is improved.